Printable view of Karen Skolfield

Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Amherst, MA

Massachusetts US

Email:

skolfield@engin.umass.edu

Bio:

Karen Skolfield’s book Battle Dress (W. W. Norton, 2019) won the Barnard Women Poets Prize. Her book Frost in the Low Areas (Zone 3 Press) won the 2014 PEN New England Award in poetry and the First Book Award from Zone 3 Press, and is a Massachusetts “Must Read” selection. She is the poet laureate for Northampton, Massachusetts, for 2019-2021.

Skolfield is the winner of the 2016 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize in poetry from The Missouri Review, the 2015 Robert H. Winner award from the Poetry Society of America, and the 2015 Arts & Humanities Award from New England Public Radio.

She has received fellowships and awards from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Split This Rock, Ucross Foundation, Hedgebrook, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Vermont Studio Center. Skolfield is a U.S. Army veteran and teaches writing to engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she earned her Master of Fine Arts.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Born in:

Website:

https://www.karenskolfield.com/ [2]

Prizes won:

2018 Barnard Women Poets Prize, 2016 Jeffrey E. Smith Editor's Prize in poetry from The Missouri Review, 2015 Robert Winner Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, 2015 Arts & Humanities Award from New England Public Radio (emerging artist), 2014 PEN New England Award in poetry, 2014 Massachusetts "Must-Read" book, 2014 Massachusetts Cultural Council fellow, 2014 Split This Rock poetry prize, 2012 First Book Award in poetry with Zone 3 Press, 2011 Oboh poetry prize from Boxcar Poetry Review

Education:

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Writers Retreats:

Ucross Residency Program

Vermont Studio Center

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

Identifies as:

White

Prefers to work with:

Any